Thanks for the detailed report, glad it worked. As for the mouse, boot into safe mode. If it works, then you have interference from other software. If still frozen, you could have a driver problem, in which case try uninstalling the mouse in Device Manager and reboot and let it re-detect/re-install.
Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Harrison Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Asus A7M266MB Hello Carl Originally it was set up with 1 Linux which is now Suse 10.1, 1 XP Pro drive, 1 Win 98SE. The XP Pro drive (a 120 GB Maxtor) developed windows problems and was unrecoverable, so installed XP Pro on the former 98 drive which is an 80 GB Maxtor, the current problem drive. Connected the drive directly to the mb and it still would not boot, after 3 tries tried the slipstreamed XP disk and ran chkdsk /r 2 times, 2 errors fixed on first run and none on second run. Started normally and ran windows update, updated spybot sd and adaware se and Avast av and ran all checks with no problems. Reconnected the Romtec Trios switch and the drive is working fine again. Before bypassing the switch a problem started on the 120 GB Maxtor with XP Pro, the mouse does not move and ran chkdsk /r with no change. Starting the drive with barts disk the mouse works fine, but starting in windows the mouse is frozen in the center of the screen. Tried safe mode but no mouse. Any Ideas? May try bypassing the switch again. Thank You Joe Harrison Carl Houseman wrote: > 3 hard drives, Windows on all, Windows stable on 2 out of 3. > > Conclusion: The 3rd (unstable) drive has data corruption or is in the > process of failing. > > I would start by removing the Romtec Trios and connect the unstable drive > directly, and see whether the behavior changes. > > Behavior changes: You know that the Romtec Trios or cabling to/from is part > of the problem. > > Behavior remains the same: Don't re-install Romtec yet. Boot slipstream > SP2 CD to Recovery Console, run CHKDSK /R, repeatedly, until nothing is > fixed. If you have to run it more than twice, the HDD is dying. > > Carl > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
